Biden Stresses Urgency of Cease-Fire and Hostage Release in Call With Netanyahu

President Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent phone call to lock in a cease-fire and hostage release deal with Hamas.
Biden Stresses Urgency of Cease-Fire and Hostage Release in Call With Netanyahu
President Joe Biden (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
Stephen Katte
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President Joe Biden has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about ending the ongoing war in Gaza and de-escalating tensions in the region, the White House has said.

According to an Aug. 21 statement from the White House, Biden had a phone call with Netanyahu and discussed the urgency of locking in a cease-fire and hostage release deal with Hamas sooner rather than later.